Pets : Cats

Tantalizing trivia on furry felines Why do cats purr? Can they swim if necessary? Why are cats associated with bad luck? This book answers these questions and more, featuring 1,001 tidbits of fascinating information on felines. From myths and legends and catty phrases to cats in history, on film, and in art, each page is filled with surprising, little-known facts. more...

Price: $14.99

A guide to bringing a feline friend into the family With its unique, fun format and diverse information and activities, this book helps everybody in the family discover what’s involved in bringing home a new kitty–including how to coax the new pet into a carrier and keep her calm in the car! This book covers everything from what to do about clawing and fur balls to how to keep a cat healthy. more...

Price: $14.99

The only fully comprehensive guide to “all things feline,” from the host of Cat Chat on Martha Stewart Living Radio. Finally, a definitive book that delivers many unknown facts about every aspect of caring for and sharing your life with a cat, ranging from proper nutrition and strange behavior to medical care and multi-cat households, to grooming and geriatrics. The Cat Bible explains the mysteries of feline behavior to owners who are devoted to their cats without being able to fully understand them. It offers straightforward solutions to the problems that cause people to give up their cats, many of which are preventable, including litter box avoidance, furniture scratching, and physical ailments. There are more than 90 million American households that count cats as family members, but they are a vastly underserved population, devoted to their kitties, yet bereft of all the public attention, programming, and print devoted to dogs. Now, bestselling author and investigative journalist Tracie Hotchner offers them The Cat Bible, with straightforward, fact-filled solutions to health and behavior problems, based on years of research into the real reasons behind these issues. In the same warm, straightforward style that attracts devoted listeners to her radio shows, Tracie tackles controversial topics such as the truth about commercial dry pet foods and their dangers, bringing readers the latest facts on every topic that affects a feline’s well-being. more...

Price: $20.00

The only book on cat behavior that addresses the multi-cat home—from the acclaimed author of Think Like a Cat. In this companion to her successful introduction to cat behavior Think Like a Cat, Pam Johnson-Bennett, the award-winning author and feline behaviorist, shows how adding another cat to your home does not have to be the start of a kitty apocalypse. Although cats are often misunderstood as natural loners, Johnson-Bennett shows how to plan, set up, and maintain a home environment that will help multiple cats—and their owners—live in peace. Cat vs. Cat will help readers understand the importance of territory, the specialized communication cats use to establish relationships and hierarchies, and how to interpret the so-called “bad behavior” that leads so many owners to needless frustration. Offering a wealth of information on how to diffuse tension, prevent squabbles and ambushes, blend two families, or help the elder kitty in your family, Cat vs. Cat is a welcome resource for both seasoned and prospective guardians of cat families large and small. more...

Price: $15.00

A warm, incredibly moving, often funny book about love, loss and redemption and the small black cat who helped mend a family's broken hearts by sheer force of her feline personality. more...

Price: $15.99